náztʼiʼ

Etymology

ná- (around) + -z- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tʼiʼ (neuter perfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

náztʼiʼ

  1. it extends in a circle, forms an enclosure (as a fence)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 551